Obama is reportedly worried that Biden 'really doesn't have' an intimate bond with voters
While former President Barack Obama has largely stayed out of the 2020 election fray, he's expressed concerns that his former Vice President Joe Biden doesn't have the same"intimate bond" with the Iowan electorate that propelled Obama to the White House back in 2008, according to a new report in Politico.
Politico reported that Obama naturally has a more"familial" relationship with Biden, but the former president has told people around him that he would not endorse Biden and the former vice president would have to"earn it." The former president reportedly told another candidate that he was able to form a connection with Iowans and added,"and you know who really doesn't have it? Joe Biden.
According to Real Clear Politics' average of Iowa polls, Biden is currently in fourth place in Iowa polling at an average of 16.3% behind Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 17.7%, Sen. Bernie Sanders at 18.3%, and Mayor Pete Buttigieg at 24% on average. According to The New York Times, Buttigieg and Warren are tied for opening the most field offices in the four early primary states. And according to Insider's SurveyMonkey Audience Polling of the 2020 Democratic primary, 35% of Biden supporters would also be satisfied with Buttigieg as the nominee.
An October report in Bloomberg News further revealed the weaknesses of Biden's ground operation in Iowa, where he is able to invest fewer resources compared with his top rivals in those states. Bloomberg found that aside from Biden's money issues, his state director didn't live in the state full-time, and Iowa Democrats said Biden himself had acknowledged his campaign's ground game in the state had been lacking.
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